Power outage on Eastside affects nearly 2,500

Nearly 2,500 households on the Eastside went briefly without electrical power this morning.

Indianapolis Power & Light spokeswoman Brandi Davis-Handy said 2,413 customers lost power for about an hour, beginning about 6:45 a.m. The affected area was bounded by 52nd Street to the north, English Avenue to the south, Sherman Drive to the west and German Church Road to the east.

The outage was caused when a motorist crashed into a utility pole at 38th Street and German Church Road and brought down power lines, Davis-Handy said.

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